August 28, 2012, 1:11PM

Are there any mainstream journalists or editorial writers willing to ask Chris Christie to condemn the Senatorial candidates statements about rape and Romney's racist ads. If Christie refuses, the Republican Party will more and more become the home of racists, homophobes and women haters. If you had any doubt about my accusation against the party, check out the recent statements... Full story »

June 25, 2012, 7:21AM

Campbell Brown, the former CNN and NBC News anchor, in yesterday's "New York Times":http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/24/opinion/sunday/planned-parenthoods-self-destructive-behavior.html?_r=1, called Planned Parenthood’s behavior self-destructive because its purity test for political candidates means it will only back those who agree with 100% of its agenda. To many readers her argument seems so sensible, but what’s she really up to? She argues that Planned Parenthood’s position assures... Full story »

June 06, 2012, 2:16PM

SEVEN LESSONS Scott Walker, the embattled Republican governor of Wisconsin, survived a recall vote on Tuesday, defeating a union-led effort to remove him from office for pushing laws to restrict the collective bargaining rights of state workers. He defeated his Democratic opponent, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, winning 54 percent to Barrett's 46% What are the lessons from the election? 1.... Full story »

May 10, 2012, 7:46AM

"Tuesday’s New York Times":http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/08/nyregion/in-montclair-elections-cause-town-to-re-examine-itself.html reported that Montclair’s local mayoral race had national implications because its election symbolized a Tea Party type tax revolt in a liberal bastion. _The Times_ painted a picture of pitchfork carrying liberals tired of profligate spending and growing public debt, yelling “we aren’t going to take it anymore,” and ready to elect tax-cutting, service-cutting conservatives. With... Full story »

March 02, 2012, 3:40PM

The "Cry Wolf Project":http://crywolfproject.org/'s today exposed the bull behind the danger of a millionaire's tax leading to a mass exodus. Over a century, proposals to tax the wealthy or corporations have been met with predictions of an exodus of so-called “job creating” millionaires. In 1894, a wealthy New Yorker, Ward McAllister, claimed that a tax on incomes exceeding $4,000 would... Full story »

February 24, 2012, 5:19PM

**Phyllis Salowe-Kaye, the executive director of New Jersey Citizen Action, and former advisory member of the Federal Reserve, is worried that NJ Gov. Chris Christie might squander the small but critical amount of money recently made available to New Jerseyans victimized by unscrupulous mortgage lenders. The money is supposed to be used for things like reimbursing people whose homes were... Full story »

June 27, 2011, 7:35AM

After New Jersey Democrats, who control the Legislature, joined hands with union-bashing Governor Chris Christie to cut public worker benefits, union activists promised to retaliate in the upcoming elections. Unfortunately defeating Democrats would be like cutting off the union movement’s collective nose to spite their face. Republicans are committed to destroying unions. The bind the unions find themselves is caused... Full story »

March 15, 2011, 9:57AM

This morning I got an email from New Jersey Citizen Action warning me about a change in the law that could dramatically increase my phone and cable services bill and my taxes. The email screamed, WE MUST STOP THE SENATE from passing the so called, "Market Competition and Consumer Choice Act” known as S2664/A3766! Apparently the governor and our legislators,... Full story »

March 10, 2011, 9:38PM

Until now, the Obama administration, the New York Times, and Congressional Democrats failed to criticize the Right wing media for their serious violations of ethics, good taste, and truth-telling. But apparently the attack on National Public Radio, inspired by the stance of NPR’s top executives, was the straw that finally broke their backs. Tuesday, "Ronald Schiller":http://www.npr.org/people/114335073/ron-schiller, a NPR executive resigned... Full story »

February 23, 2011, 10:39PM

Will Chris Christie, New Jersey's tough Republican Governor and rising GOP star, be the next president of the United States? That prospect is much less likely if the accusations of Yvonne Smith Segars, the head of New Jersey's Office of the Public Defender, turn out to be accurate. It's even more unlikely if Christie's opponents are inspired by this tough... Full story »

February 17, 2011, 11:34AM

Yesterday, Chris Christie went to Washington to give a speech at the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank. In his speech, called "It's Time to Do the Big Things," he proudly bragged about the big things he accomplished last year. I am unaware of any these accomplishments, and in today's Star Ledger Ginger Gibson, who reported on the speech,... Full story »

February 06, 2011, 4:57PM

My favorite pro sport is football. I consider myself a Giant Fan-atic. I often wonder how come football is so much more popular than baseball. For example, over 100 million people will watch today's Super Bowl, while less than 20% saw last year's World Series? Bill Maher on his "HBO program "Real Time":http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/heather/new-rules-democratic-nfl-vs-repubican-mlb may have the answer. He compared Major... Full story »

February 03, 2011, 9:22AM

John F. Kennedy famously said: "Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." As the people of Egypt and other Arab nations try to step out from under the boot of tyranny, I hope it’s not too late for Obama to seek out and support the civic activists throughout the Middle East who want justice, and to... Full story »

January 31, 2011, 1:35PM

John F. Kennedy famously said: "Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." As I watch the people of Egypt and other Arab nations try to step out from under the boot of tyranny, I hope it’s not too late for Obama to seek out and support the civic activists throughout the Middle East who want justice,... Full story »

January 19, 2011, 5:15PM

After the horrific Tucson shooting, John McCain and even Roger Ailes, the Fox News president, joined President Obama's call for a more civil discourse. Ailes told his anchors and reporters to "tone it down." "McCain agreed with the President's call":http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/14/AR2011011403871.html?hpid=topnews. asking for every American who participates in our political debates, "...to aspire to a more generous appreciation of one another... Full story »